...Luck has always been a word that can stir up a debate on whether or not it exists. Some people believe luck exists and there’s nothing you can do to change your failure or success. Yet there are others that believe the actions you partake in to reach many opportunities will determine success or failure. Personally I agree with the following notion by Oprah Winfrey that says “luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” My reasons for agreeing are because the actions you take will always determine your outcome and preparation is a great factor when faced with any and all opportunities. First, I agree with following notion by Oprah Winfrey which states “luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” because the actions you take will always determine your outcome. I believe this because when you want to get somewhere you are not just sitting there waiting on to come to you about it. I feel that by going out and being in control and being a go getter will always determine your outcome. For example, I wanted my family to have a better lifestyle than what I experienced, so I decided to obtain a college degree. While making this decision I couldn’t just lie around and expect to get accepted just from doing research. I had to apply myself during high school, being that I had to make good grades. In addition, I had to go out and fill out applications to various universities and constantly make phone calls to ensure I took the right actions to get to where I wanted to...
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...Luck has always been a word that can stir up a debate on whether or not it exists. Some people believe luck exists and there’s nothing you can do to change your failure or success. Yet there are others that believe the actions you partake in to reach many opportunities will determine success or failure. Personally I agree with the following notion by Oprah Winfrey that says “luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” My reasons for agreeing are because the actions you take will always determine your outcome and preparation is a great factor when faced with any and all opportunities. First, I agree with following notion by Oprah Winfrey which states “luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” because the actions you take will always determine your outcome. I believe this because when you want to get somewhere you are not just sitting there waiting on to come to you about it. I feel that by going out and being in control and being a go getter will always determine your outcome. For example, I wanted my family to have a better lifestyle than what I experienced, so I decided to obtain a college degree. While making this decision I couldn’t just lie around and expect to get accepted just from doing research. I had to apply myself during high school, being that I had to make good grades. In addition, I had to go out and fill out applications to various universities and constantly make phone calls to ensure I took the right actions to get to where I wanted to...
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...morning of a test, luck seems to have turned into fact in the eyes of most people. Oprah Winfrey said, "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." I believe this statement to be true. When something wonderful happens in a person's life do not let the satisfaction go to luck. Let it go to something else like "Preparation meeting opportunity," or a prayer being answered. When Ms. Winfrey spoke this quote I believe it was to say that things do not just happen by luck, but by preparation, the right opportunity and a lot of prayers. One of the worst examples that luck sets are laziness in regards to preparing. The theme luck portrays is a positive result occurring every time due to luck, not effort. This is not a realistic or healthy way of thinking. When studying for a test, a student needs to look over the material, question the material, and then dissect the material. This is the preparation process that will benefit you and your education greatly in the long run. Even if you believe in luck, when it comes time to take a test, it is...
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...Luck or Opportunity "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity” is a quote from Oprah Winfrey, a famous American talk show host. The speaker is trying to tell people that good preparation for opportunity is the key to be successful, not luck. Luck is really being ready for something, perhaps unconsciously, so that you recognize it when you see it. When whatever it is comes along, it will seem to be a stroke of luck, but in reality it is not luck at all. It is something you have strived and worked towards, maybe without even knowing it, so that when it presents itself it seems second nature. I agree with Winfrey because I believe that preparation is more important. My agreement is based on the following reasons. The first reason is that opportunity is very transient and rare, so we must grab it whenever we meet it. In my opinion, grabbing opportunity means to get ready and be well-prepared. Take Oprah Winfrey for example. Before she became a well-known national TV host, she worked in a local station for many years and had gone to uncountable interviews. Without her experiences, she could not have gotten the interview for national TV host and become successful. Second, preparation is always advantageous and never harmful to us. Preparation requires motivation, activity and carefulness. Those who most frequently experience outcomes viewed by society as unlucky live lives which exhibit little evidence of motivation, activity and care. When preparing for something...
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..."Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” Oprah Winfrey Do you know of someone who seems to get all the breaks life has to offer? Do you have a friend that seems to always be at the right place at the right time all the time? I very well might have just described either a friend or contemporary. Personally, I am from the belief system that you create your own luck! Thus, I very much agree with the speaker “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. This reminds me of when of a job I took many years ago that was a door to door sales opportunity. My responsibilities were very simple, I needed to walk in both residential neighborhoods and apartment complexes selling automobile maintenance programs for $34.95 apiece. I was typically given 7 or 8 programs to sell and if I ran out my boss would bring me more. Well, it became a nightly ritual for him to bring me extra programs. I didn’t complain, that’s for sure. When the night would end and my colleagues and I were discussing our different sells for the evening, several would say “Vickery must be the luckiest salesmen alive.” Well, I couldn’t disagree, many of my sales were luck, I thought? But, as I reflect back on those times I realize that I preparing for the objections that would be hurled my way each evening and I carefully, mapped out my territory so when I did knock on each door I was ready to solve their car maintenance problems. Additionally, I was willing to knock on 3 times as many doors as they...
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...quoted as saying, "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity". This statement reflects the notion that without preparation, many cherished opportunities would be lost. As an inspiration to many people, Oprah is trying to convey the thought that you are unable to be success without doing the heavy lifting required. The concept of heavy lifting can be interpreted in many ways. Hours spent studying, days spent pounding the pavement, weeks spent researching an idea, or years spent honing a craft. All of these tasks are an attempt to prepare for something. That something could be called opportunity. Many in society today look upon the successful as lucky. There is a feeling that opportunity comes to those who know someone. If you speak with successful people, there are the fortunately ones who achieve due to family influences or just the notion of being at the right place at the right time. However, most people spent years preparing for the moment of opportunity. When the moment hit, it is seized upon, and that is sometimes considered luck by other. In reviewing the notion of this question, one must ask if you want to take the literal meaning, or figurative meaning of the statement. If taken literally, one must think that luck is needed for opportunity. Figuratively, the statement reflects that anyone can make their own luck. Being prepared, doing the work that others are unwilling or unable to do, will be the reward itself. Opportunity comes to those who...
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..."Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." When Oprah Winfrey made this statement I believe she was trying to address those of us who believe that luck is just a matter of a good thing falling into one’s lap. But, frankly, any opportunity given must be ready to be received, hence, preparation. Good things happen to people every day, but unless that person is ready to make the best of it, the potential that the opportunity once had will never come to pass. Needless to say I agree with Ms. Winfrey and the intentions behind this quote. I especially believe, for many reasons, both personal and not, that people must stop waiting on things to happen for them and work for what they want. This is the only way we can truly become and create anything great. Personally, I am in the midst of living this quote. Having been out of school and working for the past couple of years, I have yet to make the impact on the world that I once dreamed of. Writing this essay and taking the previous parts of this entrance exam, I have taken my first steps in preparing myself for bigger, better, and brighter opportunities that I know are awaiting me. Not if, but when I am accepted into your school I will do even more preparation and soon my luck will change. It will change because I have allowed it to change. I will have allowed myself to become open to any opportunities I seek. Because without going to school and making the necessary preparations I now realize that I have limited...
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..."Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." When Oprah Winfrey made this statement I believe she was trying to address those of us who believe that luck is just a matter of a good thing falling into one’s lap. But, frankly, any opportunity given must be ready to be received, hence, preparation. Good things happen to people every day, but unless that person is ready to make the best of it, the potential that the opportunity once had will never come to pass. Needless to say I agree with Ms. Winfrey and the intentions behind this quote. I especially believe, for many reasons, both personal and not, that people must stop waiting on things to happen for them and work for what they want. This is the only way we can truly become and create anything great. Personally, I am in the midst of living this quote. Having been out of school and working for the past couple of years, I have yet to make the impact on the world that I once dreamed of. Writing this essay and taking the previous parts of this entrance exam, I have taken my first steps in preparing myself for bigger, better, and brighter opportunities that I know are awaiting me. Not if, but when I am accepted into your school I will do even more preparation and soon my luck will change. It will change because I have allowed it to change. I will have allowed myself to become open to any opportunities I seek. Because without going to school and making the necessary preparations I now realize that I have limited myself...
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...“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” When Oprah Winfrey made this statement I believe she was trying to address those of us who believe that luck is just a good thing falling into one’s lap. But, frankly, any opportunity given must be ready to be received’ hence, preparation. Good things happen to people every day, but unless that person is ready to make the best of it, the potential that the opportunity once had will never come to pass. Needless to say I agree with Ms. Winfrey and the intentions behind this quote. I especially believe, for many reasons, both personal and not, that people must stop waiting for things to happen for them and work for what they want. This is the only way we can truly become and create anything great. Personally, I am in the midst of living this quote. Having been out of school for a long time and working for many years, I have yet to make the impact on the world that I once dreamed of. Writing this essay and taking the previous parts of this entrance exam, I have taken my first steps in preparing myself for bigger, better, better and brighter opportunities that I know have been waiting for me. Not if, but when I am accepted into Western Governors University I will do even more preparation and soon my luck will change. It will change because I have allowed it to change. I will have allowed myself to become open to any opportunities I seek. Because without going to school and making the necessary preparations I now realize...
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...understand the true meaning of luck and how controllable it can be for anyone. It is safe to say that just about everyone has heard of Oprah Winfrey as well as her fame and fortune. Ms. Winfrey once said, ”Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” The most powerful woman in the world with her own television network could not be more correct in her statement. Luck is something that can be controlled, predicted and even managed with the right understanding. In order to understand how I see the management of luck it is crucial to see when you are presented with an opportunity. In my experience, one of the biggest mistakes one can make on the path to success is not comprehending or seeing an opportunity when it is in front of them. I am active in the car business and I am always open to a good deal on the purchase cheaply priced car with the goal of turning it for a profit. However, in my experience the cheaply priced cars are not the obvious advertised sales. They are the cars that someone does not necessarily advertise for sale, but when questioned about selling it the owner may name a price that is under value. It is that skill of knowing when to see the opportunity for a cheap deal and being able to pursue it accordingly that makes someone lucky. Actively finding opportunities is not enough for one to become lucky. Equally important is being prepared to take advantage of a situation when an opportunity presents itself. This sort of preparation can come in many different...
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...“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." Have you ever heard people talk about the things they would do if they won the lottery, and yet a large percentage of these people never go out and buy a ticket. These people have exactly a zero chance of winning, while the ones who went out and bought a ticket have a chance, albeit slim, at becoming lucky. This is the scenario that came to mind when I first read the quote “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”. However, the more I thought about the quote, the more I realized how easily this could be applied to many real life situations. The author of this quote is trying to tell the readers that preparing yourself for opportunity is the key to being lucky, or successful. In order to prepare yourself for success, there are certain steps that must take place. First, you have to believe in yourself. You must believe that you can pick the lucky numbers, or you must believe that you are capable of competing in, let’s say a marathon. Second, you have to set goals for yourself. In the case of the lottery it’s pretty easy; Goal #1, buy ticket. Goal #2, wait. In the marathon scenario, much like most other scenarios, it’s a little more complicated. You must train both physically and mentally, and make many sacrifices along the way. Finally, you must be optimistic about the result you achieve. In the case of the lottery player, they probably didn’t win. But at least they can try again in a few days, right? The marathon...
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...The life of Oprah Winfrey is the quintessential American success story. I agree with her when she says, "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." In fact, I have a similar understanding about luck from my own career, though mine is on a much smaller scale. When success comes, it comes in different ways. Some people are successful based on nothing but hard work, though this is unusual. If your definition of success today is to move a large pile of rocks from one place to another, and all you have are your two hands, then you do not require much luck. Though it may rain or hail, you can just continue plugging along, moving rocks until you are finished with the task. More often, though, success results from of a combination of factors. A farmer may work hard tending his fields, but he must have the right combination of sunshine and rain in order to grow a crop. A football team may do everything right in an effort to win a game, but most times the team on the losing side makes one or two mistakes as well. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell challenges the notion of individual merit alone being enough to achieve great success. In one example, he produces evidence that great hockey players are often great not only because of their hard work, but often also because they were born earlier in the year, and youth hockey leagues base their age cutoffs on the calendar year. This gives kids who were born earlier in the year an advantage. They are bigger...
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...going. -Jim Ryan 15. I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan 16. Fear is what stops you... courages is what keeps you going. -Unknown 17. The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race. -Unknown 18. The difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline. -Steve Smith 19. Just do it.™ -Nike 20. In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself. -Anonymous 21. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -Mark Twain 22. It's not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. -Anonymous 23. Luck is a matter of...
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...[pic] INTERVIEW ADVICE No matter what stage you are in your career, interviews can be daunting. Here, you will find interview guidelines to help you through the process, from preparation to actual interview. Naturally, your Elite Consultant is here to offer you continued support and advice, but the purpose of this advice pack is so you can brush up on your interview technique. Whether you are out of practice, preparing for your first management interview or just to cement your existing interview skills, this advice pack will help you see what recruiter’s are looking for and in turn, how to face any future interviews you may have. PREPARATION Preparation is key: If you had an exam, you wouldn’t attend without revising…….an interview is the same! If you have been unsuccessful in previous interviews, learn from your mistakes and ask yourself: • What you could have done better? • Which questions were difficult to answer? • Were you prepared enough? An employer will expect you to visit a store, preferably the store or concession that you are applying to work in and also another store to get an idea of the different layouts, visual merchandising, customer service, product placement, store standards and ambiance. You should look at the company website so that you can talk articulately about the company with whom you want to work. If you are applying for a Store Manager or Assistant Manager role, we suggest you do a mystery shop in...
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...College Education is Worth the Investment All kids are pushed to do their best and work hard in school. Having a work ethic is something that is always emphasized when children are young and learning the importance of diligence in school. We are told that if you work hard you will reap more benefits in your lifetime. Hard work is a key to doing well in school and work. Being inherently intelligent will obviously open doors but having merit and putting that in your everyday work will get you far as well. It has been shoved down our throats that a college degree is a way to secure a job and find something that will allow some stability in life. In a time where everyone has seen families struggle with finding any sort of stability, it is something that this generation definitely strives for. The economy is said to be recovering, and unemployment rates dropping. We are told that hard work helps guarantee a job, security, and more wealth in life. Due to the economy and high education costs it is not always so obvious whether the hard work put forth in college will pay off in the end. College is supposed to guarantee a sort of safety net for a safe middle class life, and although this is not always the case the costs and time spent in college teach valuable lessons that a student can carry with them and apply to the work world when they get their degree and in other aspects of their life. Some people think that they will not be able to get into college based on grades...
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